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LOT 0738
Roman Bronze Key Ring Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (62 grams total, 32-38 mm).
Each with barrel-shaped ring and cranked shank with wards. [3]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Roman Chrysoprase Gemstone with Empress Sabina
125-130 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
With slightly domed upper face, intaglio profile portrait bust, possibly of Empress Vibia Sabina (83-136 A.D.) with her hair draped in a braid above her brow, crescent placed beside her shoulder; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.65 grams, 14 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Putto
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Carved in the round with detailed layered hairstyle swept back from the temples, broad brow with defined furrows, deep-set eyes, flat nose and small puckered mouth; provincial workmanship; mounted on a custom-made stand. 4.32 kg total, 27.2 cm including stand
Friedlinger-Brandt, circa 1950-1960, ambassador in Cairo before 1920. Thereafter, Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, 1960-1970. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00064834. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The generally puffy and rounded appearance of the features and the copious hair suggest that the subject is not a human male but rather a putto or possibly the deity Cupid himself. -
Roman Carnelian and Glass Bead Necklace
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Composed of mainly green polyhedral glass beads and oblate carnelian spacers, central element composed of a barrel-shaped and a small blue annular bead; with modern clasp, restrung. 54 grams, 39 cm
Formerly in a 1980s collection. Ex property of a North West London, UK, gallery. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.